4th ODI: India vs Sri Lanka: India lead series with 3-1

December 25, 2009 By: admin1 Category: Cricket News No Comments →

Chasing 316 to win the tie and finish the series with one match to go, India found themselves in trouble when they were at 23/2 before Gambhir (150 not out) and Virat Kohli (107) gave a good partnership stand of 224-runs. This injected a fresh life into the chase and then was completed with Dinesh Karthik’s (19 not out) company.

Gautam Gambhir slammed up his seventh century while Virat Kohli struck his maiden to script India’s series-clinching seven-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the fourth ODI on Thursday at the Eden Gardens.

India scored 317 runs by losing just 3 wickets and with 11 balls remaining.

Gautam Gambhir was declared man of the match.

Gambhir became the newest member of the 3000-run club. He faced 137 balls in his controlled innings, hitting 14 fours.

Kohli’s mature 114-ball knock was studded with 11 fours and a six.

Earlier, Upul Tharanga (118) hit his seventh ODI century and starred in a 126-run partnership with captain Kumar Sangakkara (60) as Sri Lanka posted 315 for six, the highest score at the venue till India overwhelmed it.

After Tharanga and Sangakkara had laid the perfect platform for a late charge, debutant Thissara Perera hit a 14-ball 31 to make the most of the batting powerplay and help the visitors cross the 300-mark.

Both the teams now move to Delhi for the fifth and final ODI on Sunday.

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Compaq Cup: Match 3: India Vs Sri Lanka: SL batting first

September 12, 2009 By: admin1 Category: Cricket News No Comments →

Compaq Cup is getting ahead to a tough side with India and Sri Lanka facing each other after India knocked out New Zealand from the ongoing Sri Lanka tri-series. Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and chose to bat first in this third ODI at Premadasa Stadium. There is a slightest change in the Sri Lanka team with Thilan Samaraweera out due to injury and being replaced by Chamara Kapugedera. India will be going without any change in the team.
Winning this Compaq cup will take India to the first place in the ODI rankings. The real test for India is on Monday when they face Sri Lanka in finals.
Teams:
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar, Dinesh Karthik, Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Rudra Pratap Singh, Ashish Nehra, Ishant Sharma.
Sri Lanka: Kumar Sangakkara, Sanath Jayasuriya, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Mahela Jayawardene, Chamara Kapugedera, Thilina Kandamby, Angelo Mathews, Nuwan Kulasekara, Thilan Thushara, Lasith Malinga, Ajantha Mendis.

Compaq Cup is getting ahead to a tough side with India and Sri Lanka facing each other after India knocked out New Zealand from the ongoing Sri Lanka tri-series. Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and chose to bat first in this third ODI at Premadasa Stadium. There is a slightest change in the Sri Lanka team with Thilan Samaraweera out due to injury and being replaced by Chamara Kapugedera. India will be going without any change in the team.

Winning this Compaq cup will take India to the first place in the ODI rankings. The real test for India is on Monday when they face Sri Lanka in finals.

Teams:

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar, Dinesh Karthik, Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Rudra Pratap Singh, Ashish Nehra, Ishant Sharma.

Sri Lanka: Kumar Sangakkara, Sanath Jayasuriya, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Mahela Jayawardene, Chamara Kapugedera, Thilina Kandamby, Angelo Mathews, Nuwan Kulasekara, Thilan Thushara, Lasith Malinga, Ajantha Mendis.

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Dhoni is number one batsman

September 08, 2009 By: admin1 Category: Cricket News, Player News No Comments →

Indian Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is under threat from his deputy Yuvraj Singh. This is just for the top slop. Dhoni’s number one ODI batsman’s tag could be taken by Yuvraj if Yuvi performs better in the upcoming series.
India is preparing to leave for Sri Lanka for the tri-series which has New Zealand as the third team. Dhoni is the number one batsman in the chart with 44 rating points separating him from second placed Yuvraj. Besides Dhoni and Yuvraj, India have two more batsmen in the top 20. Little master Sachin Tendulkar occupies the 12th position with a place in the top 10 well within his sights, while opener Gautam Gambhir shares the 17th spot with New Zealand’s Ross Taylor.
In the team chart, India trails number-one ranked South Africa by just one ratings point but if it wins all the three matches (including the final), it will gain two ratings points.
However, if India loses one match in the tournament, it will stay on 126 ratings points while defeat in two matches will drop it to 123 ratings points.
Among other, Kumar Sangakkara is the only Sri Lanka batsman inside the top 20, sitting just outside the top 10 in 11th position. Mahela Jayawardena is in 30th position while Tillakeratne Dilshan is 32nd.
In the rankings for ODI bowlers, Sri Lanka’s Nuwan Kulasekara is feeling the pressure from New Zealand duo of Kyle Mills and Daniel Vettori. With only 36 points separating Kulasekara from Vettori, a change at the top of the order looks inevitable.
The 23rd placed Harbhajan Singh is the highest-ranked Indian bowler in the absence of 16th placed Zaheer Khan.

Indian Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is under threat from his deputy Yuvraj Singh. This is just for the top slop. Dhoni’s number one ODI batsman’s tag could be taken by Yuvraj if Yuvi performs better in the upcoming series.

India is preparing to leave for Sri Lanka for the tri-series which has New Zealand as the third team. Dhoni is the number one batsman in the chart with 44 rating points separating him from second placed Yuvraj. Besides Dhoni and Yuvraj, India have two more batsmen in the top 20. Little master Sachin Tendulkar occupies the 12th position with a place in the top 10 well within his sights, while opener Gautam Gambhir shares the 17th spot with New Zealand’s Ross Taylor.

In the team chart, India trails number-one ranked South Africa by just one ratings point but if it wins all the three matches (including the final), it will gain two ratings points.

However, if India loses one match in the tournament, it will stay on 126 ratings points while defeat in two matches will drop it to 123 ratings points.

Among other, Kumar Sangakkara is the only Sri Lanka batsman inside the top 20, sitting just outside the top 10 in 11th position. Mahela Jayawardena is in 30th position while Tillakeratne Dilshan is 32nd.

In the rankings for ODI bowlers, Sri Lanka’s Nuwan Kulasekara is feeling the pressure from New Zealand duo of Kyle Mills and Daniel Vettori. With only 36 points separating Kulasekara from Vettori, a change at the top of the order looks inevitable.

The 23rd placed Harbhajan Singh is the highest-ranked Indian bowler in the absence of 16th placed Zaheer Khan.

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